 efore one can determine what is wrong with a state of being, one should have some idea what an ideal state of being might be. In other words, before one can repair, for instance, a radio, one must have some knowledge of what the radio is supposed to do and how well it could play in a good state of repair.
What, it should have been asked a few millennia ago, is an ideal state of being for man? In what state of mind does he best prosper? What is a well man? What is a happy man? What are the goals of man? In what state of mind and body does man live longest and fare best? What does man want to do? What is he trying to do? What is he?
Before one could presume to advance libido theories and prefrontal lobotomies and magic healing crystals, one should have had some idea of the goal of his efforts.
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